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Dempster, McCormack Lead Yale to Road Win

from press release

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - It took over four
minutes to get started. Once the first shot reached the back of the
net, the flood gates opened. Providence scored the game's first
goal, but the Yale men's lacrosse team tallied the next four and
almost never looked back on the way to a 9-6 road decision and a
second straight victory.

The Bulldogs (4-4) scored four times in the second quarter and
two times each in the last two frames to get back to .500 on the
season. The Friars (1-8) were unable to parlay the early
prosperity, a late desperation run and a third straight home game
into a much needed win.

The disparity in shots (35-16), ground balls (30-19) and
turnovers (25-15) were indicative of Yale's dominance in a fifth
straight win against Providence. Only a 14-save performance
by Friar goalie Christian Dzwilewski prevented a Bulldog
blowout.

Deron Dempster, picking up where he left off with five goals and
the late game-winner against Penn, led all scorers with four
tallies. The junior attackman, who sat out two straight games with
an injury, returned on fire with nine goals over the last two
outings.

"Dempster had another big day when we needed him to," said
Yale head coach Andy Shay.

The Blue was able to go on a run that included five of the
game's next six goals after the 1-0 deficit because they made the
home team turnover the ball. Michael McCormack (in photo)
led the charge with five of Yale's 10 caused turnovers and picked
up five ground balls. Fellow defenseman Peter
Johnson chipped in five ground balls.

"I was very pleased with our composure, especially in the second
half," said Shay.

Balanced scoring also contributed heavily. Four Elis scored,
including three goals (4 points) fromMatt Gibson. Michael
Lipin and Colin Flaherty were the others to find the
net. Flaherty was one of three (Shane Thornton, Sean
Shakespeare) freshmen to play on the first two midfields
tonight.

The only scare of the night came with 8:21 left in the fourth
when Greg Fitzmaurice found the net to cut the deficit to 7-6. He
led PC with two goals. Dempster answered for the Elis by converting
a pair of Thornton passes and pulling the visitors away for the
final time.

It also helped that sophomore goalie Jack Meyer made
two of his three saves in the fourth to notch his second win.

Maybe the only thing the Friars did that nobody else had this
season was keep the ball away from Yale's face-off
specialist Dylan Levings, who currently ranks third in
Division I. The Eli sophomore won three of 10 battles, but
junior Cole Yeager rose to the occasion and took five of
eight face-offs.